What better way to kick off my second year living in Atlanta than with a second trip to the giant fandom convention and cosplayer-paradise known as DragonCon? With partner in crime, Bex and some fellow nerds from Word of the Nerd along for the ride, this year’s con was [...]
Pioneered in 1982 by Shelton Drum, owner of Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find comics in Charlotte, North Carolina, HeroesCon has become one of the premier Comic-oriented fandom cons in the nation. Correction: in the world. The three-day convention draws [...]
Along with old friend and recent Geek of the Week, Dieter Zimmerman, I spent the weekend of February 17th, 2012 in Chattanooga, TN, attending the quirky and intense multi-fandom convention known as Con Nooga. The event organizers describe the con as such:
Note: This post covers DragonCon 2011. Stay tuned for our take on DragonCon 2012…just as soon as we recover.
It was bound to happen eventually. If we assume my geekdom started around the age of 11, I’ve been a geek for well over 20 years. There is only so long a girl can sit on [...]
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